Summary Of Arm Wrestling With My Father By Brad Manning

For many generations, culture such as morals and values are passed down by our parents to teach us the value of lie. The knowledge we gain from culture and our parents becomes a asset to our life in which either it can build expectations or go against our identity. We are reflected by the manners and value they influenced us. For Brad Manning, he tells a story about his life when his father struggled communicated with him, however changed over time. He would learn that his father put in a huge impact on him for being stronger and challenged him to never give up. Also, for Gary Soto, he explains a time when he was young and wanted to wealthy like the families he seen on the television. As a result, he was motivated to achieve this dream of being

For me, there are many ways I can relate to Manning and Soto because I was an ignorant and obnoxious kid. Altogether, parents and culture can influence individuals to become who we are by making us more stronger, more grateful, and more hard working.

First, in Brad Manning “Arm Wrestling With My Father” , begins how his father was unable to show affection to him, however actually influenced him. At a young age, Manning and his father would play arm wrestling and challenged each other. At first, Manning would always lose and was just for fun. After each game Manning loses, his father would say, “Want to try it again?’ he would ask, grinning. He would see my downcast eyes, my reddened, sweating face, and sense my intensity. And with squinting eyes, he would laugh at me, a high laugh, through his

In his childhood, he was fueled by a television show called Leave it to Beaver, which present the idealistic “perfect’ families. He was appealed by these families and even wanted to change his own family. Soto explains that,“If we improved the way we looked we might get along better in life” (3), conveying that his family should phase into the American culture to belong in the